Studies in Religion Research Seminars 2009

Studies in Religion meets for postgraduate seminars eight times per semester. In 2009 seminars will be at 4 PM on Tuesdays in the Woolley Common Room. Seminars are generally one hour but may continue till 5.30 if discussion is lively. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.

The programme for Semester 1 2009 is listed below. We look forward to seeing you at the seminars. Postgraduates are expected to attend 80% of seminars throughout the year.

Tuesday 17 March
Professor Bill Foley (Linguistics, University of Sydney)
'Buddhist Meditation Practice and the Third Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma'

Tuesday 31 March
Mike Clark (PhD candidate)
The Hebrews Code: Ambiguity and Meaning in the Epistle to the Hebrews'

Tuesday 21 April
Morandir Armson (MPhil candidate)
'Chasing Shadows: The Challenges Inherent in the Study of Populist Occultism'

Tuesday 28 April
Mehmet Ozalp (PhD candidate)
'Reconciling the universal Will of God and the human free will in Islamic Theology'

Tuesday 19 May
Merrilyn Mansfield (PhD candidate)
'Priests, Your Cultic Service is Over: Re-reading Isaiah 40:2'

Tuesday 2 June
Steve Bevis (PhD candidate)
'Ethnographies of Spirit: Translating an African Community's Lived Theology'

Tuesday 16 June
Pheroza Daruwalla (PhD candidate)
TBA

Studies in Religion Research Seminars

The Studies in Religion Postgraduate Seminar Series continues at 4 PM in the
Woolley Common Room Wednesday, 30 July. We are very pleased to have such a
strong programme this semester, with a number of distinguished visiting academics.
Seminars generally run for one hour, though they may continue to 5.30 if there is lively discussion.
We provide tea, coffee and biscuits. We look forward to seeing you at these seminars.
Postgraduate students are required to attend a majority of the seminars each semester.

Wednesday 30 July:
Dr Chris Hartney (Sydney).
'Deus Omnividens - The Television Camera God'

Wednesday 13 August:
Leon Wild (MPhil candidate).
'Ravens in Old Norse Myth and Literature'

Wednesday 27 August:
Mark Johnston (PhD candidate).
'Against Wholeness:Apophaticism as the Language of Brokenness'

Tuesday 9 September:
Dina McIntyre (Zoroastrian Scholar).
'Zarathustra's Puzzles'

Wednesday 24 September:
Assoc. Prof. Norman Simms (Waikato).
'The Penitentes and Other Self-Flagellating and Self-Crucifying Movements'

Wednesday 8 October:
Dr David Nash (Oxford Brooks University).
'Blasphemy: Past Offence and Present Danger'

Wednesday 15 October:
Prof. Werner Ustorf (Birmingham University).
'Mapmakers and Local Scouts: Charting Christianity's Ways in Western
Europe'

Wednesday 22 October:
Alex Norman (PhD candidate).
'Career Break, Meditation, and Mobile Therapist's Couch: Locating the Religious Aspects
of the Camino de Santiago'